I have quickly read through your replies and will need time to assess what has been said. So thank you one and all for your replies.

A question about Pollination. My other hobby, along with Cactus and Succulent collection is Beekeeping. I have been keeping bees now for 14 years, this has made me want to know everything there is about the life style of the Honey bee. This encompasses the physical wellbeing of the bee. So what has ...

Thanks maja but in al honesty that does not answer my question. But thank you for taking the time toread my question.

I have a question that is probably easy to answer by those in the know. Could someone please explain tome why the species of a particular plant do not flower at the same time or period yet other species such as bluebells, daffodils, aconites etc. all flower within a allocated time span. Yet when we ...

I have an Echeveria Tolmanensis which first showed flowers on 20 Dec. and I am still waiting for the flower heads to open , they are showing a pinkish /yellowish colouration.For some reason I can not attach the photograph of the plant . New laptop no used to the programmes yet. Is it usual for the f...

I make up my own concoction which has elements of rain water main ingredient, nitrogen, phostrogen, a general plant food, and finally cactus focus a balanced nutrition for cacti and succulents. It is noticable after a couple of days that the cactus become a richer colour of green, and the succulents...

Thank you Ernie forthe information regarding pot size. i did think of bigger pots for the bigger of the plants but will now come up one size of pot for each particular plant.Thanks.

Thanks Tony R, and yes i do remember reading the thread you have mentioned, so now without any more delay i am going to re-pot all that need re-poting and hope all goes well, Its just that little sign of encouragement from those in the know that help us who are in the don't know . Thanks again.

I have been given a number of cactus and succulent plants from a friend and have noticed that all of them are bursting at the seams for a bigger pot, and are extremely dry. Would it be OK to re-pot now and leave the cactus dry but to lightly water the succulents ? I feel leaving them in their presen...

I have been given a number of cactus and succulents which in my opinion destparately need repotting as a couple of the containers are splitting. On a couple of the cactus there are babies in a cluster around the body of the cactus. I intend to leave well alone but need to repot the cactus. My concer...